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Arango wins Veteran of the Season Vote

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The bundesliga.com users voted and named their best player over the age of thirty as......Gladbach's left-footed wonder Juan Arango, who proved that age isn't an issue during 2012/13Roman Weidenfeller was at the top of his game all season and deservedly took second place33-year-old Ivica Olic clinched third place after playing a big part in Wolfsburg's post-winter resurgence

However, one man who regularly spared the blushes of his team-mates, almost single-handedly guiding his side to within a few points of European qualification and scoring some sensational goals to boot, was Venezuelan international Juan Arango, whom readers of bundesliga.com voted as the best veteran player of the season.

Ever-present

The 33-year-old, referred to as “one of the best left-footed players in the world” by Borussia Mönchengladbach head coach Lucien Favre, started 31 of the Foals' 34 Bundesliga fixtures in the campaign just past. The Venezuelan played a direct role in over a quarter of Gladbach’s goals, notching five of his own, notably against 1. FSV Mainz 05, and chipping in with seven assists for his colleagues

In his fourth campaign in Germany's top flight, Arango reached the milestone of 100 Bundesliga appearances during a 2-0 win at home to Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 7. Though Arango and Co. ultimately fell four points short of clinching a place in Europe next season, his performances certainly caught the eye as he stormed the poll, collecting 51 per cent of the bundesliga.com users’ votes.

Clear margins

Finishing 22 per cent behind Gladbach’s left-footed veteran was second-place Roman Weidenfeller, who played a pivotal role throughout the season for Borussia Dortmund, most notably in the UEFA Champions League final defeat against Bayern - a game in which he made a string of top-class saves. However, with the top two leading the way by a substantial margin, there were slim pickings for the rest of the contenders, who amassed just 20 per cent of the vote between them.

Croatian international Ivica Olic clinched the final podium place after his resurgence in the second half of the campaign earned him seven per cent of the votes, while falling narrowly short of the bronze medal was USA international Jermaine Jones. Simon Rolfes, who provided three goals and one assist as Bayer 04 Leverkusen finished third, collected just five per cent of the votes, while 1. FC Nuremberg’s second top goalscorer Timmy Simons brought up the rear with just two per cent.

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